Title Parliaments in the late Russian Empire, revolutionary Russia, and the Soviet Union / Ivan Sablin

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024

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Description 1 online resource Series Routledge studies in the history of Russia & Eastern Europe Contents Representation of the people : the making of the State Duma, 1905-1907 -- Legislative chambers : the State Duma and the State Council, 1907-1917 -- A parliamentary revolution : postimperial assemblies, 1917-1918 -- An antiparliamentary revolution : the RSFSR Congress of Soviets and the Central Executive Committee, 1918-1922 -- An alternative to parliament : the USSR Congress of Soviets and the Central Executive Committee, 1923-1934 -- A socialist parliament : the making of the Supreme Soviet and its functions, 1935-1954 -- The supreme body of state power : the Supreme Soviet normalized and contested, 1955-1985 -- Soviet parliamentarism : the Supreme Soviet and the Congress of People's Deputies, 1985-1991 Summary "This book examines the meanings that were attached to the terms "parliament" and "parliamentarism" in the different historical and discursive contexts of the late Russian Empire, revolutionary and Soviet Russia, and the Soviet Union. It discusses those institutions referred to as parliaments by contemporaries, gives special attention to their functions, and traces the broader debates on parliamentarism within Russia and the Soviet Union, in Russian émigré circles, and among foreign observers. It highlights that only the late imperial and perestroika assemblies can be considered legislative institutions that expressed dissensus, but argues that other assemblies, often referred to as "rubber-stamp" parliaments due to their lack of legislative competence and influence over other authorities, should not be dismissed. The Supreme Soviet, for instance, provided an integrative function binding society and elites in a top-down manner, while its deputies engaged in information acquisition and state micromanagement through interactions with their constituents. It also played an important role in interparliamentary relations and, as one of the first institutions of nominal parliamentarism in an autocratic single-party regime, of which there were many in the twentieth century, served as a model for numerous state socialist regimes. By addressing the role of parliaments in reassembling imperial spaces through political representation and the functions of nominal legislative institutions, the book explores the contribution of Russian and Soviet assemblies to global political modernity"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Ivan Sablin is a research project coordinator in the Department of History at Heidelberg University, Germany, and research fellow at the Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana, Slovenia Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Legislative bodies -- Russia -- History -- 20th century Legislative bodies -- Soviet Union -- History HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General SUBJECT Russia -- Politics and government -- 1904-1914. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125844 Soviet Union -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125832 Form Electronic book LC no. 2023047754 ISBN 9781003431794 1003431798 9781040004319 1040004318 9781040004418 1040004415

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